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Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Took Donation From Climate Science Denial Funder

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Hintze, a Conservative peer and hedge fund manager, was one of the early funders of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , founded by the late Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson. DeSmog has previously revealed that the Conservative Party received £3.5

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Kemi Badenoch Accepts £10,000 From Chair of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group

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Neil Record , a millionaire Tory donor and founder of the investment firm Record Financial Group, is chair of Net Zero Watch (NZW), the campaign arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). Based in 55 Tufton Street , Westminster, the GWPF is the UK’s leading climate science denial group.

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Pipe upgrade project set to slash methane footprint of Britain's gas network

Business Green

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with global warming potential that is 21 times greater than that of CO2. Around a quarter of manmade global warming is attributed to methane emissions with leaks from gas production and distribution infrastructure seen as a major source of the gas.

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Conservatives Have Taken £7.2 Million from Climate Denial Group Funders and Directors

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The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) was founded by Margaret Thatcher’s former Chancellor Nigel Lawson in 2009 in order to combat what it describes as “extremely damaging and harmful policies” designed to mitigate climate change. million to the Conservative Party since 2002, including £257,400 in the last year.

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Tom Tugendhat Continues to Question UK Climate Goals

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In addition, Tugendhat received £3,000 in December from Lord Michael Hintze , a Tory peer and donor who is one of the few known funders of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s main climate science denial group.

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Obituary: Climate science pioneer and former IPCC chair Sir John Houghton

Business Green

Editor of landmark IPCC reports – who famously called global warming "a weapon of mass destruction" – has passed away in his native Wales at the age of 88. Throughout the 80s, Houghton was influential in encouraging parliament to engage with the issue of global warming.

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With 25% of Europe’s greenhouse emissions coming from buildings, scientists suggest fundamental policy changes

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As there are only about 10 years left before the door closes for limiting global warming to less than 1.5 While a Directive on the energy performance of buildings has been in place since 2002, recast in 2010 and revised in 2018, the results so far have been underwhelming”, says Gillett. The challenge, however, is huge. “75%

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